your gun shows ILS keys in the pic, so it is unlikely to be a 1974 gun.
that is something fairly recent. like 94 and up or 2000 and up, can't remember.

it appears to be a stainless gi model, so the grips are wrong as well.
but can't see the sights to be sure.
could be a mil spec.
eitherway someone replace the grips.

NM or N on the serial number makes a difference to some buyers.

NM designates assembled in the US vs N built in brazil.

New ones seem to run around 700 right now. if they are still being sought after, you could easliy get new prices assuming in good shape. hard to tell from the picture. if it has idiot scratch or any other issues.

Some people prefer stainless, Springfield isn't making too many of the mil spec as of late, let alone stainless, no one has them in stock right now, timing might be right for a sell.

I'd ask for $850 but be ready to take any cash offer over $750ish. If trading in to gunshop expect $350-400ish. If auction, start bid at $750 and see what the market says. I'd expect $800ish, what with the pre-ban frenzy and shrinking dollar... unless you're selling to a good friend. Then maybe $650 where it should be if things today weren't so... bolloxed up.

Is it the big blocky squared off grip frame and dust cover or the later slimmer version? (wasn't that change about 2004?)

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In my earlier post I assumed you were "asking" for a "Sell" price. Stupid of me. There's "selling asking" and "buying asking"... and maybe a few in between, "trading asking", "trading down asking", "trading up asking" and "whatcha got to throw in, too boot" asking?

So why did you ask?

Selling?
Buying?
Trading?
Pondering?

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It is a Mil Spec and not a GI, grips aren't the original that came with it. You can tell by the rear sight, it is too big to be a GI and the ejection port comes too far down to be a GI. Pre frenzy prices, last summer I bought one for $600 NIB off Gunbroker, sold it for $550. Frenzy prices have that raised by close to $200 if not more, so figure $750-800 give or take.

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